Underplayed Gems

China Gate (1998)

China Gate poster
Directed by
Rajkumar Santoshi
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 55m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of villagers in a remote Indian town hire a team of mercenaries to protect them from a group of bandits. The mercenaries train the villagers to fight back against their oppressors.

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What happens

China Gate is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language revisionist Western action film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. It was released on 27 November 1998. China Gate follows the basic storyline of the Seven Samurai. The song "Chamma Chamma" picturised on Urmila Matondkar became a chart buster and was used in Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge!. The film won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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